Heating system for automobiles.



C. HANSGEN.

HEATING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION'HLED DEC. 8. 1915.

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CHARLES HANSGEN, OF YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOB TO AUTO HEATER AND VENTI- LATOR CORPORATION, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

HEATING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1916.

Application filed December 8, 1915. Serial No. 65,658.'

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLEs'HANsGnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at No. 133 West Sixty-fourth street, in the cityof New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heating Systems for Automobiles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to .which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention relates to an improved and eflective means for heating automobiles operated by means of heat en-- gines, and has for its'particular object the provision of an apparatus of a simple and inexpensivecharacter and capable of being readily applied to automobiles without changing their construction, and whereby a positive supply of hot. air may be forced into] the vehicle at a convenient point or points, and preferably in the floor.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fi ure 1 is a side view of an automobile provided with m. invention, the side being broken away su ciently to show my. apparatus in position, Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the heating casing shown in position on theexhaust pipe, Fig. .3 is a top plan viewof said casing, and Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view of said casing on the line 4, 4: in Fig. 3.

In carrying out my invention 1 place a suitable heating casing in a position to embrace a portion of the length of the exhaust pipe, and connect one end of said casing with a conduit leadingto a point just behind the ventilating fan while the other end of the casing, or some suitable portion thereof, is connected by a conduit or conduits at a point or points of discharge for the hot air at suitable locations in the body of the automobile, preferably in the floor,

In the drawing, the body of the automobile is shown at 10, and the engine at 11, the latter beirpg suppiied in any well known manner wit a ventilating fan 12. The exhaust manifold is shown at'13, the same being supplied with the usual exhaust pi e 14, leading to a point near the rear of the automobile in the usual manner. 7

The heatln casing is preferably a metal box compose of two parts, 15 and 16,

hinged together as at 17, and provided with lugs 18 and 19 adapted to come together to receive bolts- 20 for the purpose of closing the box. At theends ofthe box are semicircular openings which together form the terminal circular opening 21, at each end to accommodate the exhaust pipe 14. Y The entrance and exits for the air to beheatedj may be at any suitable points in the casing,

but arepreferably placed at the two ends .of the upper division-15, as shown at=22 and" 23, respectively. This arrangement of the nipples 22 ,and 23 is found convenient to accommodate thecasingand the conduits to v the present disposition of the parts in typi cal automobiles.

The cold air is brought to the nipple 22 .at theforward end of the casing by the conduit 24, whose forward end is placed just behind the 'fan 12, and is preferably provided witha funnel 25 to assist'in c01- lecting the air, this tube ,is preferably of the well known flexible metallic type, and is secured preferably in such a. manner as to lie along, and in contact with, as much as possible, of the manifold13, and the pipe 14 leading from it.

From theopposite nipple 23 one or more protectedheating air pipes 26 are laid to. one

or more suitable gratings or registers 27, preferably in the floor of the automobile.

These pipes are protected by asbestos or the like in any well known manner so as toprevent escape of heat, except at thepoint" of discharge of the air.

The connection of theconduit with the casing 15, 16 and with the grating 27 j is accomplished by the well known hose unions or in any desired manner.

It will be seen that the construction of my device is adapted for easy application to standard types of-automobiles without disturbance in their construction, and by means so simple as to permitadjustment by unskilled persons, and without sending the car to a specially equipped shop.

What-I claim is:

A- heating attachment adapted to be readily applied to automobiles provided with an internal combustion engine, an exhaust pipe,and a cooling fan, comprising a casing made-pf two members hinged together atone side and provided with a flanged joint at the opposite side, each memher being provided with a semicircular apwarmed air to said closed chamber, a pipe connecting the rear nipple with the interior of the car, and a register located in the car floor for controllin the flow of warmed air through said secon pipe into the car, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have affixed my signature.

CHARLES HANSGEN. 

